Fire-extinguishsng compound



UNITED STATES EMLEN G. PENROSE, HARVEY S. NUTTING, AND WILLIAM H. SMITH, OF

:ETAMA,

IOWA.

FIRE-EXTINGUlSHING COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iatent 1 To.-38'7,915 dated August 14 ,1ase.

Application filed October 28, 1887.

To all whommayeorwerns- Be it known that we, EMLEN G. PENRosE, HARVEY S. NUTTING, and WILLIAM H. SMITH, citizens of the United States of America, resid- 5 ing at Tama, in the county of Tame and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire Extinguishing 0on1- pounds, of which the following is a specificatlon.

Oqrinvention pertains to an improvement in compounds for hand-grenades for extinguish, ing fire. t

In the preparation of our compound we employ two parts of saleratus or carbonate of potl 5 ash, one part otsaltp'eter, two parts of salt, one part ofsnlphate of iron, and one part of alum.v Thae ingredients we put into an air-tight cask and dissolve together, and after the mixture has thus been in solution and digested we draw Serial No. $3,626. (No specimens.)

i n .9 csonanyothenconszenient receptacle for conveying it to the fire-the clear EMLEN G. PENROSE. HARVEY s. NUTTING. WILLIAM H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

CHAS. HUMAN, L. SMITEr. 

